Dixon v. Taylor

GREENE, Judge.

The defendant Watauga Hospital, Inc. (Hospital) appeals from a judgment entered 8 November 1991 ordering it to pay the sum of $900,000 to William N. Dixon, Administrator of the Estate of Willie L. Dixon (plaintiff). Plaintiff appeals from the portion of that judgment ordering that plaintiff recover nothing of defendant Dr. Russell Taylor (Dr. Taylor).

The evidence before the trial court revealed that Willie L. Dixon (Mrs. Dixon) was admitted to the Hospital during the morning of 23 September 1984, under the care of Dr. Charles Sykes (Dr. Sykes), Dr. Taylor’s business partner.…